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Which scenario depicts two independent events?

The school play opens tonight and it is raining.
Neva is hungry and she buys a snack from the concession stand.
Ari chooses a partner for a group project and then Ezekial chooses a partner from the remaining classmates.
Luka paints during school and he stains his shirt.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"The school play opens tonight" and "it is raining" — these are independent. Whether the play opens (a scheduled event) doesn’t affect the chance of rain, and rain (assuming an indoor play) doesn’t affect whether the play opens.

The others are dependent:
- Hunger makes buying a snack more likely.
- Ezekial’s partner choice depends on who Ari already picked (without replacement).
- Painting makes staining a shirt more likely.